The Fairfax County Park Authority Board has named Great Falls resident
Robert Lundegard as the recipient of the 2014 Mayo Stuntz Cultural
Stewardship Award. This award, created in 2013 by the Park
Authority Board, honors the late, longtime historian, author and chairman
of the Sully Foundation and celebrates outstanding service through the
stewardship of historic resources. The award ultimately honors
significant contributions toward the understanding, preservation and
education of history in Fairfax County.

For over 15 years, volunteer Lundegard has provided support to Colvin
Run Mill in Great Falls, Va. He has been the chief chronicler of the
Mill’s history, rescuing, digitizing and cataloguing old slides as well
as recording present history. Lundegard has spent hundreds of hours
viewing and assessing multiple collections of slides of documenting
Colvin Mill history. His analysis of one collection provided a valuable
reference for the 2000 waterwheel restoration. During this restoration
project, he also documented the entire process by interviewing workers
and taking photographs several times a week over the course of two years.
His foresight set a standard for documentation of future restoration
projects.

“It is clear that Fairfax County history is being preserved for future
generations through Mr. Lundegard’s passion, hard work and commitment to
Colvin Run Mill. He deserves this honor and follows in the footsteps of
Mayo Stuntz,” said Park Authority Awards Committee Chair Tony Vellucci.

Lundegard is a founding member of the Friends of Colvin Run Mill, an
organization dedicated in part to preserving the technological and
industrial heritage of Northern Virginia. He served as the organization’s
treasurer and newsletter editor before a two-term span as its president.
Lundegard has also been a strong advocate for the mill. He has lobbied
hard to gain support for a Colvin Run Mill visitor center.

The Mayo Stuntz Cultural Stewardship Award will be presented during the
Park Authority’s Elly Doyle Park
Service Awards ceremony held at the Waterford this November. For
more information, call the Public Information Office at 703-324-8662.